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NOTES FROM THE CAPITAL.; EXPENDING MONEY IN ADVANCE OF APPROPRIATIONS THE SERGEANT AT ARMS LOOKING FOR GEN. KILPATRICK HALLET KILBOURN'S MARTYRDOM.

Special Dispatch to The New-York Times. ();

April 10, 1876,

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WASHINGTON, April 9. There is a statute which forbids any public officer to expend more money in any one year or for any one purpose than is appropriated by Congress. To violate this law would be an impeachment offense.

April 10, 1876

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